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NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY

Since our leaders don't have the moral courage to speak out against the war in Iraq, Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Damn Dime Day" in America.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our name in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending.

During "Not One Damn Dime Day" please don't spend money, and don't use your credit card. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases. Nor toll/cab/bus or train ride money exchanges. Not one damn dime for anything for 24 hours.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Walmart, KMart and Target. Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience store. Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that matter).

For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down. The object is simple. Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way. Now 1,200 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis have died. The politicians owe our troops a plan -- a way to come home.

There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you take action by doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.

For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.


Please share this as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .

Give it a whirl!

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HappyMan

Our utterly immoral and counter productive. I'm going to make a point of spending money on that date.

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Cassius

How it is immoral OR counterproductive? Explain.

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HappyMan

To knowingly cause economic harm to others is immoral. Since most people in the U.S. are employed by small business where the loss of a day's revenue will matters it alienates the anti-war position from a large percentage of the population who need consumer spending. It establishes the anti-war position as uncaring and elitist separated from the wage earns being affected by the boycott. I see this as self indulgent behavior aimed too make some feel better about themselves at the expense of their own cause and other people's well being.

YouLiveAndLearn

I'm not really into politics as many on this site are but I have to agree with HappyMan's post.

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Cassius

Okay, that explains the immoral, although I'm not sure I agree with it. How many times a day do you "vote with your dollar" by either selecting this brand or that, or just not buying a company's products because you don't like their customer service or something? It is your privilege to spend your hard-earned money, but it is not your obligation in this economy. You can take all your money and stuff it under your mattress for the next century, and no one would be able to do anything about it (not counting stealing, etc).

In my mind, this is no different than boycotting a company's products. Is that immoral? This just happens to be boycotting an entire nation's products (our own nation).

Anyway, regardless of whether or not it's immoral, how is it counterproductive? The point I believe is to send a message to Washington, and how is this counterproductive to that objective? Nobody's going to go out of business because of one day of lost revenue, and even if they were, wouldn't that be an even BIGGER message to Washington? i.e., not counterproductive but in fact very productive? If it actually worked, as in a lot of people participated (something I find extraordinarily unlikely, as I've seen this kind of thing tried before), the more people that participated the more likely it is that our politicians would hear about it.

PsYcHoLoGiCaL

It's not immoral, however it is retarded, how does boycotting the economy hurt the bureaucrats exactly?

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jewishjake420

Maybe its hurting those that control the power, i.e. those that are the heads of major corporations like Wal-Mart, Shell, and other large corperations. I wonder how the economy will fare on Thursday. Predictions anyone?

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Hiz Highness

Where did you get this information? You think more Americans are employed by small business than by corporations or the government? I find that hard to believe. Show me the data.

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PotShot

I do not think it is going to matter much, based on my notion that nobody is going to boycott anything... we like buying stuff too much. Except of course for the people who have no money, everyday is "not one damn dime" day to them.

It seems sad that our major input into political system comes down to buying stuff or not. Kinda like the post 9/11 "show your patriotism and buy things" idea. Patriotism=consumerism?

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